Shariat v. Co. of Orange
Filed 6/16/06 Shariat v. Co. of Orange CA4/3
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION THREE
| AZIM SHARIAT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF ORANGE, Defendant and Respondent. | G034807 (Super. Ct. No. 01CC04343) O P I N I O N |
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Derek Guy Johnson, Judge. Affirmed.
Christian Law Center, Ben Lofstedt; Mazur & Mazur, Janice R. Mazur and William E. Mazur, Jr. for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck, William L. Haluck and Sonia Patel for Defendant and Respondent.
Pacific Justice Institute, Brad W. Dacus, Kevin T. Snider and Matthew B. McReynolds for Amicus Curiae Pacific Justice Institute on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
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Azim Shariat was arrested under an Orange County ordinance governing amplified sound systems within county parks. Shariat, a minister with the Persian Church Love Assembly, was attending the annual Persian New Year gathering at Mason Park in Irvine,[1] where he was playing, under a canopy and table, Christian music (in Farsi) on a sound system with detached speakers connected to a portable generator. A sheriff's department report described the speakers as â€
